Seth Patrick

Seth Patrick (fl. 1864-1876) was a British veteran and military advisor to the Satsuma Domain in the Boshin War.

Biography
Seth Patrick was an Irish-born British career military officer who was sent to India at the age of seventeen as a soldier for the British East India Company. In 1857 he served as a veteran of the First Indian War of Independence against the Indian rebels, and gained experience with modern technology. Due to his skills, he was recruited by the British military mission in Japan to assist the Satsuma Domain in modernizing their armed forces shortly before the Boshin War.